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w Council Minutes of 9-2-75 -3- People cannot live in fear every tisse there is a dowctpour. Storm water is one thing; but sanitary back-up is another. We are ant a farm coteturnity nay long. We are paying the highest taxes ixt the western suburbs. It 'wdues us wonder if our sewer system was designed adaQuately, lie detest raw sewerage backing up in basements and we detest raw sewerage being d into our stone systears; hcarever, is an emergency this is what is being done. We aettt a phm of action irately, so that this problem can be s~rrected. 'fb+e (tree >aetde a list of rec. tsnas that will be acted on i>ms>restiately: l) A list of ail los,aticnts of illegal sewer connections and leaks and a pranaa far~latad inertdately that would resolve the existing problem, including saxtlce taasting the areas that have not been ckaie; 2} want to kaaw when remainder of t1~ streets that are in need of sanitary sewer excavations will be completed; 3)look into the feasibility of municipal storm retention reservoirs in the problem areas; 4) a sound and realistic program of cluing and regrading the storm ditches in the City; 5) is the auxiliary pump used at LeBern Lift Station a substitute for the 3rd pump? 6) want to know when the 9rd pint at the LeBera Lift Station will be operating so we do not have to pump sewerage into the creek; 7) want some measures taken after a rain to clean up these ditches that sanitary water is being puatped into; 8) It was also the Committee's opni~t tbat a joint csao~ittee of Bnvironmrtntal and Streets & Drainage work together to see that the above rec tioas are carried out and it is hoped that we can act now- and get this system tight so our people will not experience this in the future mad we won't have to violate our own ordinance. If this program fails to alleviate the problem rhea perhaps we will have to under- take an indeipandent sewer stir to sae if our sewers are adequate for this area. If it is all right with Mr. Gog~in would lime to set a meeting date for the combined committees on September 15th, 8:00 P.M. Mr. Goggln, Chairman Building, Zoning & Developsmnt Committee sad Streets b Drainage Committee, reported following: 1) Streets & Drainage Cstmm9.ttee met on August 27, 1975: Committee agreed to aid t?rd. No. 75-49 to ask the State of Ohio to specifically repair both curb lanes of Lorain Rd. from Barton Rd. to Porter Rd; 2) received an application for partiatistct in the HUD City Developateat Block Grant which the Cctasti.ttee r uttering into. If our City receives a grant it would be used for the draias~ge situations which are listed sal the legislation 75-199 on agenda this evening. xttis application must be in HUD's hands by September 30, 1975; 3) Public Works Commissioner Weldon was also at the meeting and gave Canmittee an update on the effects of the recestt rainsta~rms. Many of the points twat Mr4. Beringer mentioned in her gnvirttal report were also listed that ev~a$. Mr. Goggin stated if it is agreeable with the rest of the Committee, he will be happy to :meet with her Cosatittee. The Building Zoning & Devreloptseat Ccn~atittee also met on Augtm-t 27, 1$75, acrd reviewed the following: 1) r~uest from Mr. Doty to subdivide his land and Committee has no objections and sates 3.s on first reading; 2) req»st fret Canterburry ~ioctds Bia~ters Assn. to erect a sign for their subdivision. Sign would be erected on Byr~t Dr. just east of Canterbury Rd. Committee has no objections.